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[The New Raleigh, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

[The New Raleigh, Washington, D.C.], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[The New Raleigh, Washington, D.C.], [between 1900 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[The New Raleigh, Washington, D.C.]

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The New Raleigh stood on Pennsylvania Avenue, where a cluster of large hotels served the congressmen, lobbyists, and out-of-town visitors who crowded the route between the Capitol and the White House in the early 1900s. Its guests came to the capital for business or sightseeing, and the building's bulk and facade stood out among the commercial blocks along the avenue. The picture is an 8 by 10 inch glass negative made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for its views of American cities, landmarks, and scenery. Because the negative survives, it preserves the hotel's architecture and the street scene of its day in fine detail.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 9107" and "extra" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500513. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHotels.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 782 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74840

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